Not that a mascot is a major reason to attend or root for a school, but this athletic department has put so much wasted effort into branding, re-branding and re-branding again.  It's as if a change from tradition is a sign of accomplishing something rather than destroying familiar ties to an institition.  We are never satisfied as to who we are.

We are the DUQUESNE DUKES not the Duquesne Lions,  The flippin' Lion is the most improbable shade of aqua that doesn't appear in nature nor in the Duquesne colors.  Get a pair of shorts that fit the poor guy inside the costume before he looses his n&$@.  It's comically idiotic. 

If the athletic department needs innovation, come up with a creative idea such as playing a football game or two at Highmark Stadium rather that the smallest D-I venue in the nation.  That's the inovation that would build an audience, not an anemic aqua lion.

Yes, I know that there is a lion in the Duquesne Seal but there's also a dove and a book too.  Maybe we can be the Duquesne Doves or Duquesne Library Club.  

The "new" "D" is unrecognizable as a D.  The old gothic "D" fit the mascot and tradition of a Duke.  Notre Dame doesn't change their logo, Dayton doesn't either.  The Nitnany Lion is as old as and lovable as ever but damn it THEY ARE THE LIONS- WE AREN'T.

LET'S GO DUKES! 
 

Last edited by coffee (7/15/2022 2:13 pm)

I am with you word for word, Coffee. It's DUKESNOT  Lions. We have been the DUKES, (not Lions) since 1896 (we lost that first football game). I believe that 126 years of sports as the Duquesne DUKES, (NOT Lions), is classified as tradition, or ritual if one prefers. But either way it's supposed to be something of pride. Where does a lion fit within our tradition? Get rid of that #@$%& lion